Insights for August 2025

04/08/2025 - Soul Patts–Brickworks $14 billion merger: scheme of arrangements finally unwind a 56-year cross-shareholding 04/08/2025 - Strengthening trust: ASIC proposes changes to conflicts management guidance 05/08/2025 - Solar farms and wind farms – Queensland's new regulatory landscape 05/08/2025 - Deemed-service clause doesn’t buy extra time for provision of payment schedule under SOPA 06/08/2025 - Certainty for class action funders as High Court greenlights common fund orders, but plaintiff firms miss out 18/08/2025 - Redeployment or retrenchment? Restructuring your workforce just got harder, following High Court decision 18/08/2025 - AI implementation 01: navigating different perspectives when deploying artificial intelligence 18/08/2025 - Charting new horizons: Five key observations from Australia's Cyber Security Strategy Horizon 2 Discussion Paper 18/08/2025 - ACCC puts franchisors on high alert for Franchising Code breaches 18/08/2025 - CPS 234 compliance countdown: what RSE licensees must do before 31 August 18/08/2025 - A golden age of creditor empowerment? The "good faith" reason not to call requisitioned creditors' meetings 21/08/2025 - No fiduciary duty, no bribe: UK Supreme Court shuts down commission claims 21/08/2025 - Handbrake firmly on: Uber liable for payroll tax on payments to drivers in New South Wales 22/08/2025 - Major Projects & Construction 5 Minute Fix No 136: standard form contracts, challenging payment claim, "cost-plus" arrangements, and misleading or deceptive 22/08/2025 - Made to measure: NSW Government introduces new "Pattern Book Development" legislation to fast-track housing approvals 22/08/2025 - FAR: a catalyst for accountability and stronger governance 22/08/2025 - RoyaltyOne v Century Mine: A real life case study in protecting privilege during due diligence